The Utah Stars were an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Salt Lake City, Utah . Under head coach Bill Sharman the Stars were the first major professional basketball team to use a pre-game shootaround.
88-751: The team was founded as the Anaheim Amigos , a charter member of the ABA based in Anaheim, California . They played at the Anaheim Convention Center . The team's colors were orange and black. The Anaheim Amigos were founded by Art Kim, a Hawaii native who had long been active in basketball as a player, Amateur Athletic Union administrator and owner. The Amigos lost the very first ABA game to Oakland, 132–129. They finished their first season with 25 wins and 53 losses, good for fifth place in
176-657: A California Voting Rights Act lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and several residents, the city placed two measures on the November 2014 ballot. Measure L proposed that council members be elected by district instead of at large. Measure M proposed to increase the number of council seats from five to seven. Both measures passed. The current city council consists of: In the United States House of Representatives , Anaheim
264-614: A Klansman for their secret membership list, and exposed the Klansmen running in the state primaries, defeating most of the candidates. In 1925, Klan opponents took back local government, and succeeded in a special election in recalling the Klansmen who had been elected in April 1924. The Klan in Anaheim quickly collapsed; its newspaper closed after losing a libel suit, and the minister who led the local Klavern moved to Kansas. Construction of
352-478: A Mexican-era rancho grant , given to Juan Pacífico Ontiveros in 1837 by Juan Bautista Alvarado , then Governor of Alta California . Following the American Conquest of California , the rancho was patented to Ontiveros by Public Land Commission . In 1857, Ontiveros sold 1,160 acres (out of his more than 35,000 acre estate) to 50 German-American families for the founding of Anaheim. The city of Anaheim
440-449: A female householder with no husband present, 7,223 (7.3%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 6,173 (6.3%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 733 (0.7%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 17,448 households (17.8%) were made up of individuals, and 6,396 (6.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.38. There were 74,294 families (75.6% of all households);
528-505: A jubilant celebration. The actions were a total surprise to Stars officials, as they had not anticipated such a reaction from the fans. The ABA teams frequently played exhibition games in the preseason vs. NBA teams. While the ABA overall had a winning record vs. the NBA in head to head competition, the Stars had an overall record of 7–9 against NBA teams. The Stars' first game against the NBA
616-782: A jury trial was completed in early February 2006, resulting in a victory for the Angels franchise. Anaheim appealed the court decision with the California Court of Appeal in May 2006. The case was tied up in the Appeals Court for over two years. In December 2008, the Appeals Court upheld the February 2006 Decision and ruled in favor of Angels Baseball. In January 2009, the Anaheim City Council voted not to appeal
704-457: A maximum of two terms as a city council member and two terms as the mayor. Up until 2014, all council seats were elected at large. Voters elected the mayor and four other members of the city council to serve four-year staggered terms. Elections for two council seats were held in years divisible by four while elections for the mayor and the two other council seats were elected during the intervening even-numbered years. In response to protests and
792-407: A political party. Under its city charter , Anaheim operates under a council–manager government . Legislative authority is vested in a city council of seven nonpartisan members, who hire a professional city manager to oversee day-to-day operations. The mayor serves as the presiding officer of the city council in a first among equals role. Under the city's term limits , an individual may serve
880-707: A professional basketball team based in San Diego, California , that competed in the American Basketball Association (ABA). The "Q's", as they were popularly known, played from 1972 to 1975. As the Sails, they played an incomplete season only, beginning the 1975–1976 season but folding after only 11 games with 3 wins and 8 losses. The franchise was founded by Leonard Bloom in 1972 as the ABA 's first—and as it turned out, only—expansion team. The team
968-750: A record of 60–24. The Stars defeated the Dallas Chaparrals 4 games to none in the Western Division semifinals before falling to the Indiana Pacers in the Western Division finals, 4 games to 3. The Stars hosted the ABA All Star Game and again won the Western Division with a record of 55–29. The Stars defeated the San Diego Conquistadors 4 games to none in the Western Division semifinals but lost in
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#17327756638731056-536: A sense of civic activism. Upon easily winning the local Anaheim election in April 1924, the Klan representatives promptly fired city employees who were known to be Catholic and replaced them with Klan appointees. The new city council tried to enforce prohibition. After its victory, the Klan chapter held large rallies and initiation ceremonies over the summer. The opposition to the KKK's hold on Anaheim politics organized, bribed
1144-802: A share, the group formed the Anaheim Vineyard Company headed by George Hansen . Their new community was named Annaheim , meaning "home by the Santa Ana River" in German. The name later was altered to Anaheim. To the Spanish-speaking neighbors, the settlement was known as Campo Alemán (English: German Field ). Although grape and wine-making was their primary objective, the majority of the 50 settlers were mechanics, carpenters and craftsmen with no experience in wine-making. The community set aside 40 acres (16 ha) for
1232-507: A thriving rural community before the opening of Disneyland transformed the city. A street along Edison Park is named Baxter Street. Also during this time, Rudolph Boysen served as Anaheim's first Park Superintendent from 1921 to 1950. Boysen created a hybrid berry which Walter Knott later named the boysenberry , after Rudy Boysen. Boysen Park in East Anaheim was also named after him. In 1924, Ku Klux Klan members were elected to
1320-522: A town center and a school was the first building erected there. The first home was built in 1857, the Anaheim Gazette newspaper was established in 1870 and a hotel in 1871. The census of 1870 reported a population of 565 for the Anaheim district. For 25 years, the area was the largest wine producer in California. However, in 1884, a disease infected the grape vines and by the following year
1408-402: A weakened franchise that had been forced to play, in the interim, at bandboxed Peterson Gymnasium (3,200 seats) on the campus of San Diego State University , and Golden Hall , a multipurpose facility in downtown . After reaching the 1973 ABA Playoffs in their inaugural season, the Q's seemingly pulled off a coup by paying center Wilt Chamberlain $ 600,000 to become their player-coach. But
1496-439: Is 30 °F (−1 °C) on February 15, 1990, and January 30, 2002. The 2010 United States Census reported that Anaheim had a population of 336,265. The population density was 6,618.0 inhabitants per square mile (2,555.2/km ). The racial makeup of Anaheim was: There were 177,467 Hispanic or Latino residents, of any race (52.8%); 46.0% of Anaheim's population was of Mexican descent, 1.2% Salvadoran, and 1.0% Guatemalan;
1584-590: Is a charter city . Anaheim's city limits extend almost the full width of Orange County, from Cypress in the west, twenty miles east to the Riverside County line, encompassing a diverse range of neighborhoods. In the west, mid-20th-century tract houses predominate. Downtown Anaheim has three mixed-use historic districts, the largest of which is the Anaheim Colony. South of downtown, a center of commercial activity of regional importance begins,
1672-670: Is a city in northern Orange County, California , United States, part of the Greater Los Angeles area. As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 346,824, making it the most populous city in Orange County, the tenth-most populous city in California , and the 56th-most populous city in the United States . The second largest city in Orange County in terms of land area, Anaheim is known for being
1760-469: Is approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of downtown Los Angeles . The city roughly follows the east-to-west route of the 91 Freeway from the Orange-Riverside county border to Buena Park . To the north, Anaheim is bounded by Yorba Linda , Placentia , Fullerton , and Buena Park (from east to west). The city shares its western border with Buena Park and Cypress . Anaheim is bordered on
1848-635: Is planned to be populated with mixed-use streets and high-rises. Further east, Anaheim Canyon is an industrial district north of the Riverside Freeway (SR 91) and east of the Orange Freeway (SR 57) . The city's eastern third consists of Anaheim Hills , a community built to a master plan, and open land east of the Eastern Transportation Corridor (SR 241 toll road) . Anaheim's name is a blend of Ana , after
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#17327756638731936-619: Is split between two districts: In the California State Senate , Anaheim is split between two districts: In the California State Assembly , Anaheim is split among three districts: San Diego Conquistadors Wilt Chamberlain (1973–74) Alex Groza & Beryl Shipley (1974–75) The San Diego Conquistadors (known as the San Diego Sails in their final, partial season) were
2024-561: Is the Anaheim Convention Center, which is home to many important national conferences. Many hotels, especially in the city's Resort district, serve theme park tourists and conventiongoers. Continuous development of commercial, entertainment, and cultural facilities stretches from the Disney area east to the Santa Ana River, south into the cities of Garden Grove, Orange and Santa Ana – collectively, this area has been labeled
2112-632: The Anaheim Resort (the area surrounding Disneyland), Anaheim Canyon (an industrial area north of California State Route 91 and east of California State Route 57 ), and the Platinum Triangle (the area surrounding Angel Stadium). Anaheim Hills also maintains a distinct identity. The contiguous commercial development from the Disney Resort through into the cities of Orange, Garden Grove and Santa Ana has collectively been termed
2200-645: The Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city and is one of the three largest such clusters in Orange County, together with the South Coast Plaza–John Wayne Airport edge city and Irvine Spectrum . The Anaheim Canyon business park makes up 63% of Anaheim's industrial space and is the largest industrial district in Orange County. Anaheim Canyon is also home to the second-largest business park in Orange County. Several notable companies have corporate offices and/or headquarters within Anaheim. According to
2288-510: The Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city , which stretches east and south into the cities of Orange , Santa Ana , and Garden Grove . This edge city includes the Disneyland Resort , with two theme parks, multiple hotels, and its retail district ; Disney is part of the larger Anaheim Resort district with numerous other hotels and retail complexes. The Platinum Triangle , a neo-urban redevelopment district surrounding Angel Stadium , which
2376-422: The Anaheim–Santa Ana edge city . Like many other South Coast cities, Anaheim maintains a borderline hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen BSh ), a little short of a Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa ) characterized by warm winters with erratic heavy rainfalls, and hot, essentially rainless summers. The record high temperature in Anaheim is 115 °F (46 °C) on July 6, 2018 and the record low temperature
2464-551: The Disneyland theme park began on July 16, 1954, and it opened to the public on July 17, 1955. It has become one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, with over 650 million visitors since its opening. The location was formerly 160 acres (0.65 km ) of orange and walnut trees. The opening of Disneyland created a tourism boom in the Anaheim area. Walt Disney had originally intended to purchase additional land to build accommodations for Disneyland visitors; however,
2552-536: The Indiana Pacers 4 games to 3 in the Western Division finals to reach the ABA Finals for the 2nd time in four seasons. The Stars then lost the championship to the New York Nets 4 games to 1. This was the Stars' final full ABA season. Daniels was almost broke due to a series of failed business ventures and an unsuccessful run for governor of Colorado . One of the casualties of the team's financial woes
2640-604: The Indiana ;Pacers . The Stars swept the Texas Chaparrals in four games in the first round of the playoffs , beat Indiana in seven games in a fiercely contested semifinal series, and edged out the Kentucky Colonels in seven games for the ABA championship. To date, this is Utah's only pro basketball championship. The Stars won their first division championship, winning the Western Division with
2728-582: The Los Angeles Lakers and UCLA Bruins ; they only averaged 2,500 fans per game. In March 1970 , Kirst sold the team to Colorado cable TV pioneer Bill Daniels , who moved the team in June to Salt Lake City as the Utah Stars for the 1970–71 season. Zelmo Beaty suited up for the team and they finished second in the Western Division with their best record yet at 57–27 (.679), one game behind
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2816-496: The Los Angeles Lakers sued to block their former star from playing for his new team. Relegated to a sideline role, Chamberlain was reduced to an indifferent, 7-foot-1-inch sideshow who once skipped a game in favor of an autograph session for his recently published autobiography . (His fill-in, on that and other occasions, was Stan Albeck , who later skippered the Chicago Bulls , San Antonio Spurs and New Jersey Nets of
2904-674: The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim . In the 1990s, while Disneyland was undergoing a significant expansion project surrounding the construction of Disney California Adventure Park , the city of Anaheim rebranded the surrounding area as the Anaheim Resort. The Anaheim Resort district is roughly bounded by the Santa Ana River to the east, Ball Road to the north, Walnut Street to the west, and the Garden Grove city limits to
2992-418: The landowners who farmed them. One of the landowners was Bennett Payne Baxter, who owned much land in northeast Anaheim that today is the location of Angel Stadium. He came up with many new ideas for irrigating orange groves and shared his ideas with other landowners. He was not only successful, he helped other landowners and businesspeople succeed as well. Ben Baxter and other landowners helped to make Anaheim
3080-729: The ABA's Denver Rockets defeat the NBA's Phoenix Suns 113-111 prior to the Stars' win); a home win against the Kansas City-Omaha Kings on October 8, 1974; a home win against the SuperSonics on October 7, 1975; a win against the Kings on October 11, 1975, in Denver as part of a double header in which 17,018 fans saw the Denver Nuggets lose to the NBA's Golden State Warriors 115–100); and a 118–108 road win against
3168-555: The Anaheim City Council on a platform of political reform. Up until that point, the city had been controlled by a long-standing business and civic elite that was mostly German American . Given their tradition of moderate social drinking, the German Americans did not strongly support prohibition laws of the day. The mayor himself was a former saloon keeper. Led by the minister of the First Christian Church,
3256-669: The Anaheim Resort). On January 3, 2005, Angels Baseball LP, the ownership group for the Anaheim Angels, announced that it would change the name of the club to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Team spokesmen pointed out that from its inception, the Angels had been granted territorial rights by Major League Baseball to the counties of Los Angeles , Ventura , Riverside , and San Bernardino in addition to Orange County. The new owner, Arturo Moreno , believed
3344-428: The Klan represented a rising group of politically oriented non-ethnic Germans who denounced the elite as corrupt, undemocratic, and self-serving. The Klansmen aimed to create what they saw as a model, orderly community, one in which prohibition against alcohol would be strictly enforced. At the time, the KKK had about 1,200 members in Orange County. The economic and occupational profile of the pro and anti-Klan groups shows
3432-651: The NBA, while the owners of the Spirits of St. Louis and Kentucky Colonels were paid off and folded their franchises.) In 1978, the NBA's Buffalo Braves arrived in San Diego as the San Diego Clippers ; in 1984, they moved up the coast to become the Los Angeles Clippers . San Diego has not had another major-league pro basketball team since. A couple of minor-league hoops teams have called
3520-519: The NBA.) Nonetheless, the team again reached the postseason, bowing out in the first round, for the second year in a row, in the 1974 ABA Playoffs . The season, however, was overshadowed by the arena situation. Frustrated with his inability to get a lease for the Sports Arena, Bloom announced plans for a 20,000-seat arena in Chula Vista . However, a referendum on the arena, held just after
3608-656: The Pacers in game 7 of the Western Division Finals, earning a spot in the ABA Championship. The Stars would face the Kentucky Colonels in the ABA Championship. In game one a near-capacity crowd filed into the Salt Palace to watch the Stars defeat Kentucky 136–117. The Stars set an ABA Playoff record by scoring 50 points in the 2nd quarter. In game 2, the series continued its high scoring with
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3696-552: The Sails' failure; on December 2, the Utah Stars also disbanded, cutting the league to seven teams and forcing the ABA to shrink its two-division setup to just one. The moribund state of the last-place Virginia Squires , who folded after the season, left the ABA with only six teams and forced the league to seek a merger with the more established NBA, which absorbed four of the six remaining teams. (The Indiana Pacers , New York Nets , Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs joined
3784-474: The Stars beating Kentucky 138–125. The series shifted to Louisville and Kentucky took games 3 and 4, tying the series up at 2-2. The series then returned to Salt Lake City, where the Stars beat Kentucky 137–127, taking a 3–2 series lead. The Stars looked to wrap up the ABA Championship with a game 6 victory in Louisville. However Kentucky clawed their way to a 7th game, barely beating the Stars 105–102, sending
3872-486: The Stars. The Stars finished fourth in the Western Division with a record of 43–41, earning the first winning season in franchise history and a playoff berth. The Stars defeated the Dallas Chaparrals 4 games to 2 in the Western Division semifinals and bested the Denver Rockets 4 games to 1 in the semifinals before losing the ABA championship series 4 games to 2 to the Indiana Pacers . Kirst had not anticipated
3960-733: The SuperSonics in Seattle on October 15, 1975. In the very last game ever played between ABA and NBA teams, the Stars defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 106–101 in Salt Lake City on October 21, 1975. (In the penultimate ABA vs. NBA matchup, the ABA's Kentucky Colonels defeated the Washington Bullets 121-111 two nights prior.) Note: W = wins, L = losses, % = win–loss % Anaheim, California Anaheim ( / ˈ æ n ə h aɪ m / AN -ə-hyme )
4048-744: The Western Division but not good enough to make the playoffs. The Amigos lost $ 500,000 in their first season, largely due to poor attendance; they only averaged 1,500 fans per game in a 7,500-seat arena. Kim realized he did not have the resources to keep going and sold the team to construction company owner Jim Kirst, who moved the team as the Los Angeles Stars in 1968 and played at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles. The franchise made an attempt to sign legendary center Wilt Chamberlain , but in
4136-442: The Western Division finals 4 games to 2 to the Indiana Pacers . In 1973–74 the Stars finished with a record of 51-33 and won first place in the ABA's Western Division for the third straight year under new coach Joe Mullaney . It was the Stars' third straight Western Division title. In the playoffs the Stars again defeated the San Diego Conquistadors in the Western Division semifinals, this time 4 games to 2, and went on to defeat
4224-417: The Western Division, missing the 1975 ABA Playoffs . Bloom sold the franchise during the summer of 1975 to Frank Goldberg, a former co-owner of the successful Denver Nuggets franchise. Goldberg started anew, renaming the team the San Diego Sails and hiring former University of Minnesota coach Bill Musselman . With a completely different roster, color scheme, set of uniforms and just about everything else,
4312-418: The age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34 and the average family size was 3.75. In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.2% under
4400-444: The age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.1 males. The median income household income was $ 47,122, and the median family income was $ 49,969. Males had a median income of $ 33,870 versus $ 28,837 for females. The per capita income for
4488-414: The arterial streets in the area into tree-lined boulevards. In 2001, Disney's California Adventure (renamed Disney California Adventure Park in 2010), the most expansive project in Disneyland's history, opened to the public. In 2007, Anaheim celebrated its sesquicentennial . In July 2012, political protests by Hispanic residents occurred following the fatal shooting of two men , the first of whom
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#17327756638734576-658: The average family size was 3.79. The age distribution of the population was as follows: 91,917 people (27.3%) under the age of 18, 36,506 people (10.9%) aged 18 to 24, 101,110 people (30.1%) aged 25 to 44, 75,510 people (22.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 31,222 people (9.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.1 males. There were 104,237 housing units at an average density of 2,051.5 per square mile (792.1/km ), of which 47,677 (48.5%) were owner-occupied, and 50,617 (51.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate
4664-493: The city was $ 18,266. About 10.4% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over. Anaheim's income is based on a tourism economy. In addition to The Walt Disney Company being the city's largest employer, the Disneyland Resort itself contributes about $ 4.7 billion annually to Southern California's economy. It also produces $ 255 million in taxes every year. Another source of tourism
4752-441: The city's 2021 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Larger retail centers include the Downtown Disney shopping area at the Disneyland Resort, the power centers Anaheim Plaza in western Anaheim (347,000 ft ), and Anaheim Town Square in East Anaheim (374,000 ft ), as well as the Anaheim GardenWalk lifestyle center (440,000 ft of retail, dining and entertainment located in
4840-490: The city. The population density was 6,842.7 inhabitants per square mile (2,642.0 inhabitants/km ). There were 99,719 housing units at an average density of 2,037.5 per square mile (786.7/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 55% White, 3% Black or African American, 0.9% Native American, 12% Asian, 0.4% Pacific Islander, 24% from other races, and 5% from two or more races. 46% of the population were Hispanic or Latino. Of Anaheim's 96,969 households, 43.0% had children under
4928-499: The court case any further, bringing an end to the four-year legal dispute. Anaheim was, at one point in time, one of the most politically conservative major cities in the United States. However, in recent years it has been moving leftward. According to the California Secretary of State , as of October 22, 2018, Anaheim has 141,549 registered voters. Of those, 58,411 (41.27%) are registered Democrats, 39,885 (28.18%) are registered Republicans, and 37,877 (26.76%) have declined to state
5016-468: The end he did not sign with the Stars. With 33 wins and 45 losses, the Stars improved from their first season but again finished fifth in the Western Division and did not make the playoffs. In October 1969 the Stars signed Zelmo Beaty away from the NBA's Atlanta Hawks , but Beaty had to sit out the season due to a one-year option held by the Hawks, which the Stars would not buy out for $ 75,000. First year players Mack Calvin and Willie Wise signed with
5104-525: The entire industry was destroyed. Other crops – walnuts, lemons and oranges – soon filled the void. Fruits and vegetables had become viable cash crops when the Los Angeles – Orange County region was connected to the continental railroad network in 1887. Polish actress Helena Modjeska settled in Anaheim with her husband and various friends, among them Henryk Sienkiewicz , Julian Sypniewski and Łucjan Paprocki. While living in Anaheim, Helena Modjeska became good friends with Clementine Langenberger,
5192-402: The fast turnaround, and did not book the Sports Arena for several dates. They had to play several first and second-round games in their old home in Anaheim, as well as at the Long Beach Sports Arena in Long Beach . This turned out to be their final game as the Los Angeles Stars. Despite a promising young roster, the Stars were more or less an afterthought in a market whose first choices were
5280-423: The home of the Disneyland Resort , the Anaheim Convention Center , and two professional sports teams: the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). It also served as the home of the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL) from 1980 through 1994. Anaheim was founded by fifty German families in 1857 and incorporated as
5368-407: The largest Tongva villages throughout Tovaangar . Native plants like oak trees and sage bushes were an important food source, as well as rabbit and mule deer for meat. The village had deep trade connections with coastal villages and those further inland. The area that makes up modern-day Anaheim, along with Placentia and Fullerton , were part of the Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana ,
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#17327756638735456-417: The league. Despite the Stars' demise, Salt Lake City had proven it could support big-time professional basketball. With this in mind, in 1976 the owners of the Spirits of St. Louis announced that they were moving the team to Utah for the 1976–1977 ABA season, to play as the Utah Rockies . However, this was undone when the ABA–NBA merger closed in June 1976 and the Spirits and the Kentucky Colonels were
5544-517: The mid-1960s, the city's explosive growth would attract a Major League Baseball team, with the California Angels relocating from Los Angeles to Anaheim in 1966, where they have remained since. In 1980, the National Football League 's Los Angeles Rams relocated from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum to the Angels' home field, Anaheim Stadium , playing there until their relocation to St. Louis in 1995. In 1993, Anaheim gained its own National Hockey League team when The Walt Disney Company founded
5632-420: The name would help him market the team to the entire Southern California region rather than just Orange County. The "of Anaheim" was included in the official name to comply with a provision of the team's lease at Angel Stadium which requires that "Anaheim" be included in the team's name. Mayor Curt Pringle and other city officials countered that the name change violated the spirit of the lease clause, even if it
5720-408: The nearby Santa Ana River , and German -heim meaning "home", which is also a common Germanic place name compound (compare Trondheim in Norway and many place names in Germany). Tongva people are indigenous to Anaheim's region of Southern California. Evidence suggests their presence since 3500 BCE . The Tongva village at Anaheim was called Hutuukuga . The village has been noted as one of
5808-455: The only two teams left out of the merged league. (The Virginia Squires were folded shortly after the end of the regular season due to their inability to make good on a required league assessment, though there was no chance of them being part of a merger deal in any event.) Professional basketball finally returned to Salt Lake City when the NBA 's New Orleans Jazz relocated there in 1979. The Jazz have played in Salt Lake City ever since. Of
5896-510: The park's construction drained his financial resources and he was unable to acquire more land. Entrepreneurs eager to capitalize on Disney's success moved in and built hotels, restaurants, and shops around Disneyland and eventually boxed in the Disney property, and turned the area surrounding Disneyland into the boulevards of colorful neon signs that Walt Disney had tried to avoid. The city of Anaheim, eager for tax revenue these hotels would generate, did little to obstruct their construction. By
5984-446: The re-branded Sails sought to repeat Denver's turnaround a season earlier from mediocrity to championship contender. But the Sails attracted just 3,060 fans to their home opener on October 24, 1975 – a loss to the Nuggets – and fan attendance rapidly dwindled further as the team limped to a 3–8 start; only 1,670 showed up for San Diego's third (and ultimately last) home game, against the San Antonio Spurs . Goldberg soon learned San Diego
6072-463: The remainder of the Hispanic population came from smaller ancestral groups. The census reported that 332,708 people (98.9% of the population) lived in households, 2,020 (0.6%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,537 (0.5%) were institutionalized. There were 98,294 households, out of which 44,045 (44.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 52,518 (53.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 14,553 (14.8%) had
6160-430: The season in fourth place in the Western Division and lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Denver Nuggets , 4 games to 1. During the preseason, the Stars (and the Virginia Squires ) failed to make payments required as a guarantee for hosting the NBA's Chicago Bulls in one of the common ABA vs. NBA preseason exhibition games. Daniels sold the team again to Snellen and Lyle Johnson in May, but they relinquished
6248-453: The season started, failed by only 294 votes. League officials then ordered Bloom to take preliminary steps toward moving to Los Angeles, in hopes of returning to a market abandoned by the Utah Stars four years earlier. For their third season in 1974–75, the Conquistadors lost Chamberlain and finally gained a lease in the Sports Arena. But without Chamberlain as a gate attraction, the team was roundly ignored by San Diegans, and placed last in
6336-523: The second city in Los Angeles County on March 18, 1876; Orange County was split off from Los Angeles County in 1889. Anaheim remained largely an agricultural community until Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955. This led to the construction of several hotels and motels around the area, and residential districts in Anaheim soon followed. The city also developed into an industrial center, producing electronics, aircraft parts and canned fruit. Anaheim
6424-503: The second wife of August Langenberger. Helena Street and Clementine Street are named after these two ladies, and the streets are located adjacent to each other as a symbol of the strong friendship which Helena Modjeska and Clementine Lagenberger shared. Modjeska Park in West Anaheim, is also named after Helena Modjeska. During the first half of the 20th century, Anaheim was a massive rural community dominated by orange groves and
6512-418: The series to a decisive 7th game back in Salt Lake City. With the ABA Championship on the line, an ABA record crowd of 13,260 packed into the Salt Palace to watch game 7 of the 1971 ABA Championship. The game remained close throughout, however the Stars pulled away late, winning the 1971 ABA Championship 131–121. As the game ended, hundreds of Stars fans rushed the court, lifting players onto their shoulders in
6600-525: The south at Chapman Avenue, and Orangewood Avenue to the southwest. Attractions within the Resort District include the Disneyland Resort , the Anaheim Convention Center , the Honda Center , Anaheim/Orange County Walk of Stars, and Angel Stadium of Anaheim . Part of the project included removing the colorful neon signs and replacing them with shorter, more modest signs, as well as widening
6688-522: The south by Stanton , Garden Grove , and Orange (from west to east). Various unincorporated areas of Orange County also abut the city, including Anaheim Island . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 50.8 square miles (132 km ), 49.8 square miles (129 km ) of which is land and 1.0 square mile (2.6 km ) of which (1.92%) is water. The city recognizes several districts, including
6776-457: The team to Daniels just before the season after missing several payments. However, Daniels was almost completely broke by this time. As a result, on December 2, 1975, the league canceled the Stars franchise for missing payroll. Four of their players (including Moses Malone ) were sold to the Spirits of St. Louis , with Daniels getting a 10% minority stake in the Spirits as well. A fifth player
6864-560: The three ABA teams that were left out of the ABA–NBA merger, the Stars are the only one to have eventually been replaced by an NBA team. In their first season in Salt Lake City, the Stars dominated their way to a 57–27 record and a 2nd-place finish in the Western Division standings, a game behind the Indiana Pacers . In the Western Division Semifinals, the Stars would go on to sweep the Texas Chaparrals and then stunned
6952-407: The two were similar and about equally prosperous. Klan members were Protestants, as were the majority of their opponents; however, the opposition to the Klan also included many Catholic Germans . Individuals who joined the Klan had earlier demonstrated a much higher rate of voting and civic activism than did their opponents, and many of the individuals in Orange County who joined the Klan did so out of
7040-452: Was 1.7%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.2%. 160,843 people (47.8% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 171,865 people (51.1%) lived in rental housing units. According to the 2010 United States Census, Anaheim had a median household income of $ 59,627, with 15.6% of the population living below the federal poverty line. As of the census of 2000, there were 328,014 people, 96,969 households, and 73,502 families residing in
7128-469: Was Mullaney, who resigned after being told the team could not afford to meet his contract. Daniels sold the team to Salt Lake City businessman James A. Collier in August 1974, but Collier was forced to relinquish the team to Daniels two weeks later after missing a payment. The Stars made a high-profile personnel move that season by signing high school player Moses Malone to play for them. The Stars finished
7216-677: Was a 96–89 loss at home to the New York Knicks on September 28, 1971. The Stars lost their first four games against NBA teams, earning their first win against that league with a win against the Seattle SuperSonics in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 24, 1972. Other Stars wins against the NBA include defeating the Boston Celtics at home on October 4, 1973 (part of a double header in which 12,431 Utah fans also saw
7304-560: Was founded in 1857 by 50 German-Americans who were residents of San Francisco and whose families had originated in Rothenburg ob der Tauber , Franconia in Bavaria . After traveling through the state looking for a suitable area to grow grapes, the group decided to purchase a 1,165 acres (4.71 km ) parcel from Juan Pacífico Ontiveros' large Rancho San Juan Cajón de Santa Ana in present-day Orange County for $ 2 per acre. For $ 750
7392-586: Was in technical compliance. They argued that a name change was a major bargaining chip in negotiations between the city and Disney Baseball Enterprises, Inc., then the ownership group for the Angels. They further argued that the city would never have agreed to the new lease without the name change, because the new lease required that the city partially fund the stadium's renovation, but provided very little revenue for Anaheim. Anaheim sued Angels Baseball LP in Orange County Superior Court , and
7480-479: Was slated to play at the San Diego Sports Arena , but a feud between Bloom and Peter Graham, operator and lease-holder of the city-owned 14,400-seat arena, led Graham to lock the newborn team out of the facility for two years. Graham was reportedly upset about Bloom being awarded the ABA expansion team he had also sought. By the time the conflict was resolved in the fall of 1974, it was too late for
7568-521: Was sold to the Virginia Squires. Daniels ultimately paid back all of the season ticket holders at eight percent interest. The Stars are widely considered one of the most successful teams in ABA history. They were also known for having some of the best fan support in the ABA, even up until the team folded in 1975. From 1970 to 1975, the Stars went 265-171 (.608), which was the best winning percentage of any team that played more than one season in
7656-534: Was to be shut out of the pending ABA–NBA merger , reportedly due to the insistence of Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke , who refused to share his Southern California fan base with a team to the south. With the team lacking fan support or a long-term future, Goldberg folded the franchise on November 12. The ABA, which planned to start the season with ten teams only to have the Baltimore Claws fold after three exhibition games, saw its number drop to eight with
7744-515: Was unarmed. Protesting occurred in the area between State College and East Street, and was motivated by concerns over police brutality, gang activity, domination of the city by commercial interests, and a perceived lack of political representation of Hispanic residents in the city government. The protests were accompanied by looting of businesses and homes. Anaheim is located at 33°50′10″N 117°53′23″W / 33.836165°N 117.889769°W / 33.836165; -117.889769 and
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